Ivan Benak

pučki pjesnik · folk poet  ·  Sopje 1933. – Valpovo 2015.Sopje 1933 – Valpovo 2015

Ljubavne pjesme

Dođi voljena

iz knjige Stihom kroz život (2010.)

Love poems

Come, My Beloved

from the book Through Life in Verse (2010)

Dođi, voljena,kada sam sretan,da radost svojus tobom podijelim.

Come, my beloved,when I am happy,so that my gladnessI may share with you.

Dođi, draga,u naručaj meni,osmijehu tvomeda se veselim.

Come, my darling,come into my arms,so that your sweet smilemay gladden me too.

Dođi i ondakada sam tužan,srce te mojei onda želi.

Come to me alsowhen I am grieving,for this heart of minelongs to have you near.

I tugu je lakšenositi udvoje,kad ju se s nekimiskreno dijeli.

Sorrow, too, is lighterwhen carried by two,if someone shares itwith a heart sincere.

Valpovo, 1976.

Valpovo, 1976